Aviern (YC F26) — Unmanned airplanes for geospatial intelligence
Aviern builds unmanned airplanes that turn the sky into a geospatial intelligence source. Our fixed-wing aircraft launch, fly, and land from unattended docks along infrastructure corridors, with onboard perception that flags leaks, encroachments, and vegetation risk with no pilot in the loop.
Aviern is a Y Combinator company in the Fall 2026 batch. Its directory entry describes it as: Unmanned airplanes for geospatial intelligence. The founder listed is Kush Agarwal (Founder/CEO) (Y Combinator directory entry, September 14, 2026).
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Aviern builds unmanned airplanes that turn the sky into a geospatial intelligence source. Our fixed-wing aircraft launch, fly, and land from unattended docks along infrastructure corridors, with onboard perception that flags leaks, encroachments, and vegetation risk with no pilot in the loop. We're starting with PHMSA-mandated pipeline patrol, where operators still pay helicopter crews to fly their lines up to 26 times a year, and we sell per mile as a service. The same aircraft, docks, and intelligence stack extend to the power grid, rail, borders, and bases.
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Aviern — Unmanned airplanes for geospatial intelligence
Aviern flies unmanned airplanes over pipeline right-of-way and returns survey-grade imagery, classified encroachment, leak detection and 3D terrain. Built for oil and gas operators.
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Kush Agarwal
Founder/CEO
Founder at Aviern (YC F26). Taught drone engineering at UCLA and led the autonomous aerial systems club. Previously drone operations at Matter Intelligence and AI agent integration at Fetch.ai. BS Aerospace Engineering from UCLA.
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